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Posted: August 16, 2017

Trump disbands 2 key business councils after Charlottesville backlash

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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 14: US President Donald Trump walks toward Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House, on August 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump is traveling to New York where he will attend his first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

By
Theresa Seiger, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

NEW YORK
—

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he is disbanding a pair of White House councils after a receiving a rash of resignations in response to his failure to immediately and forcefully denounce white supremacists in the wake of violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia.